The government is destroying the Republic (Kosova Sot)
The paper’s front-page editorial today notes that no one more than the ruling-coalition benefits from the teargas and the chaos that is created in the Kosovo Assembly. The paper further criticizes the government for approving the budget for next year which is the same as last year. “The government knows very well that with the […]
Read More →Jevtic: Opening of chapters, important news for the Kosovo Serbs (Blic, RTS)
Minister for Communities and Returns in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtic said tonight that the opening of the first chapters of the EU with Serbia were extremely important news for the Serbs in Kosovo. – For those of us who live in Kosovo, opening of chapters is important, but also that everything agreed in Brussels […]
Read More →Simic spoke about the attacks on Serbs when tear gas was thrown at his feet (Blic)
President of the “Serbian List” Slavko Simic was addressing the MPs in the Kosovo parliament, demanding to punish the attackers on Serbs in Gorazdevac and Srbobran, when opposition MPs stormed into the hall and threw tear gas at his feet. Simic was the first to address the MPs, reminding them on the recent series of […]
Read More →Pristina prevents entry to Kosovo with Serbian ID (Blic)
Kosovo Police last night received instruction to prevent entry to Kosovo to all persons with who have residence in Kosovo and holding Serbian identification documents issued by the Serbian Ministry of Interior, whereas the head of Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that there are speculations about it and that situation […]
Read More →Djuric: The forthcoming negotiations will be difficult (KIM Radio)
Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric stated that “the EU negotiating platform for Chapter 35 on Kosovo does not require the recognition of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of the southern Serbian province, but stated that difficult negotiations lie ahead of us.” According to him, the document contains the EU common position […]
Read More →EU publishes “common position” document on chapter 35 (B92)
The EU has published its common position on chapter 35 relating to Kosovo, which was opened late on Monday. The text stresses that “this first set of interim benchmarks will be updated” and that “if progress in the normalization of relations with Kosovo significantly lags behind progress in the negotiations overall” the opening of other […]
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 14 December
• Assembly holds its session in alternative room, passes 2016 budget (All monitored broadcasters, KTV)
• Four MPs detained and three protesters arrested (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Five Vetëvendosje MP arrested (RTK1, KTV)
• Delawie: You did not listen to Secretary Kerry (Most monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• O’Connell saddened by the continued violence in the Assembly (RTK1)
• RECOM: 13,549 people killed during last conflict in Kosovo (All monitored broadcasters, Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 15 December
• Police arrest five Vetevendosje and three AAK MPs (dailies)
• “MPs suspected of committing crimes should be arrested” (Kosova Sot)
• Mustafa: Institutions cannot be taken by force (dailies)
• The government “convinced” that an urgent solution is needed (Koha)
• Thaci: We should declare the Assembly as usurped (dailies)
• Veseli: Assembly’s head of security cooperated with opposition (dailies)
• Assembly adopts 2016 budget (dailies)
• Protesters damage cars and throw paint at Assembly building (Epoka e Re)
• O’Connell: Opposition’s act hinder Kosovo’s integration path (Zeri)
• Opposition to stage next anti-government rally on Wednesday (Epoka e Re)
• Kandic criticizes KFOR for Dikovic’s visit (Koha)
Teargassed Kosovo lawmakers adopt 2016 budget (Reuters)
Protesting opposition lawmakers released tear gas in Kosovo’s parliament on Monday in an effort to foil a vote on the government’s 2016 budget, forcing MPs into a sideroom where the measure was adopted. Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kosovo-budget-protests-idUSKBN0TX1Y420151214
Read More →Kosovo parliament hit by fresh tear-gas protest (BBC)
Protesting opposition MPs in Kosovo have released tear gas in parliament for the sixth time in just over two months, disrupting a vote on the government’s 2016 budget. Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35096489
Read More →EU Opens First Stages Of Serbian Membership Negotiations (RFE/RL)
Serbia and Brussels on December 14 began talks in earnest on possible EU membership for Belgrade, opening the country’s first two accession stages in negotiations for it to join the bloc. -Read more at: http://www.rferl.org/content/eu-opens-first-stages-serbia-membership-negotiations/27427833.html
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